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ni42 · 01-25-2004, 01:39 AM

Chomp removes newlines not spaces.

Code:

my $val = "hhh       \n";
print "$val";print "h\n";
chomp ($val);
print "$val";print "h";

that will print out

Code:

hhh       
h
hhh       h

thats for 5.8, i forget about prevous versions.

reference: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/func/chomp.html

01-25-2004, 01:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
ni42 Upright Location: BC, Canada	Chomp removes newlines not spaces. Code: my $val = "hhh \n"; print "$val";print "h\n"; chomp ($val); print "$val";print "h"; that will print out Code: hhh h hhh h thats for 5.8, i forget about prevous versions. reference: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/func/chomp.html __________________ - 42 -